Columbus Weather in 1960

Historical record of Columbus, Ohio weather for the year 1960 based on NOAA data.

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1960 Columbus Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	September 8
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	December 13
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 29
Lowest daily high	11 °F	December 23
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	July 13
Most daily snow	6.5 inches	December 20
Total annual precipitation	29.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	39.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Columbus in 1960?

The highest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1960 was 93 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Columbus in 1960

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Sep 8
1	93 °F	Sep 4
1	93 °F	Sep 1
4	92 °F	Jul 26
5	91 °F	Sep 7
5	91 °F	Aug 29
5	91 °F	Aug 2
5	91 °F	Jul 30
9	90 °F	Aug 30
9	90 °F	Aug 28
9	90 °F	Aug 27
9	90 °F	Jul 25
9	90 °F	Jul 23

What was the coldest temperature in Columbus in 1960?

The lowest temperature recorded in Columbus, Ohio in 1960 was -7 °F which happened on Dec 13.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Columbus in 1960

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-7 °F	December 13
2	-6 °F	December 22
3	-2 °F	March 8
4	-1 °F	December 23
5	1 °F	December 21
6	4 °F	December 12
6	4 °F	March 7
8	5 °F	March 13
9	6 °F	March 6
10	8 °F	December 28
10	8 °F	December 9
10	8 °F	March 5
10	8 °F	March 4

January 1960 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	23	0.00	0.0
January 2	45	27	0.37	0.0
January 3	43	28	0.06	0.1
January 4	30	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	32	22	0.00	0.0
January 6	40	24	0.00	0.0
January 7	47	24	0.00	0.0
January 8	46	27	0.00	0.0
January 9	47	22	0.00	0.0
January 10	50	43	0.00	0.0
January 11	46	34	0.00	0.0
January 12	63	36	0.51	0.0
January 13	64	42	0.05	0.0
January 14	48	40	0.39	0.0
January 15	54	31	0.30	0.0
January 16	35	28	0.00	0.0
January 17	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 18	47	33	0.37	0.0
January 19	34	23	0.02	0.4
January 20	23	16	0.00	0.0
January 21	20	11	0.00	0.0
January 22	27	11	0.00	0.0
January 23	22	16	0.00	0.0
January 24	28	19	0.00	0.0
January 25	38	20	0.00	0.0
January 26	45	28	0.00	0.0
January 27	43	38	0.21	0.0
January 28	44	38	0.03	0.0
January 29	42	34	0.00	0.0
January 30	46	29	0.00	0.0
January 31	54	26	0.00	0.0

February 1960 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	25	0.00	0.0
February 2	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 3	39	17	0.00	0.0
February 4	54	28	0.02	0.0
February 5	48	37	0.49	0.0
February 6	47	33	0.06	0.0
February 7	34	31	0.02	0.2
February 8	39	27	0.29	0.0
February 9	48	31	0.09	0.0
February 10	52	43	0.91	0.0
February 11	44	23	0.00	0.0
February 12	28	20	0.00	0.0
February 13	27	16	0.09	1.8
February 14	25	11	0.06	0.9
February 15	30	10	0.00	0.0
February 16	33	15	0.01	0.1
February 17	36	30	0.00	0.0
February 18	33	23	0.14	2.7
February 19	26	16	0.00	0.0
February 20	32	11	0.00	0.0
February 21	32	21	0.10	1.6
February 22	32	15	0.00	0.0
February 23	32	21	0.00	0.1
February 24	34	21	0.00	0.0
February 25	37	28	0.20	1.3
February 26	31	24	0.00	0.0
February 27	30	20	0.00	0.0
February 28	28	20	0.09	1.0
February 29	25	13	0.00	0.0

March 1960 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	26	9	0.00	0.0
March 2	31	13	0.06	1.2
March 3	26	18	0.21	3.6
March 4	23	8	0.02	0.2
March 5	23	8	0.00	0.0
March 6	24	6	0.00	0.0
March 7	24	4	0.10	1.0
March 8	27	-2	0.00	0.0
March 9	25	14	0.18	2.0
March 10	32	13	0.00	0.0
March 11	30	14	0.00	0.0
March 12	25	12	0.00	0.0
March 13	32	5	0.00	0.0
March 14	32	20	0.01	0.1
March 15	35	15	0.00	0.0
March 16	37	29	0.10	0.7
March 17	36	27	0.02	0.2
March 18	34	23	0.00	0.0
March 19	36	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	37	24	0.03	0.6
March 21	31	21	0.00	0.0
March 22	35	26	0.00	0.0
March 23	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 24	36	22	0.00	0.0
March 25	30	13	0.00	0.0
March 26	38	26	0.06	1.2
March 27	65	24	0.00	0.0
March 28	72	42	0.00	0.0
March 29	75	48	0.05	0.0
March 30	74	51	0.27	0.0
March 31	52	42	0.00	0.0

April 1960 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	60	43	0.00
April 2	72	51	0.00
April 3	62	51	0.34
April 4	52	42	0.15
April 5	43	32	0.01
April 6	48	27	0.00
April 7	59	33	0.00
April 8	51	32	0.03
April 9	39	27	0.00
April 10	45	25	0.00
April 11	58	29	0.01
April 12	71	42	0.00
April 13	82	40	0.00
April 14	79	56	0.00
April 15	77	53	0.00
April 16	81	55	0.06
April 17	77	49	0.15
April 18	54	35	0.00
April 19	61	33	0.00
April 20	79	41	0.00
April 21	73	54	0.05
April 22	82	47	0.00
April 23	88	53	0.00
April 24	88	61	0.00
April 25	88	58	0.00
April 26	78	53	0.05
April 27	68	46	0.00
April 28	66	40	0.00
April 29	72	42	0.25
April 30	68	45	0.50

May 1960 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	39	0.00
May 2	66	37	0.00
May 3	74	40	0.00
May 4	80	43	0.00
May 5	81	50	0.00
May 6	77	59	0.00
May 7	71	44	0.70
May 8	56	40	0.07
May 9	44	40	0.13
May 10	43	39	0.29
May 11	48	40	0.00
May 12	48	39	0.01
May 13	52	40	0.03
May 14	65	42	0.02
May 15	81	42	0.00
May 16	80	53	1.11
May 17	81	60	0.01
May 18	68	56	0.00
May 19	79	51	0.00
May 20	85	63	0.21
May 21	77	62	0.00
May 22	67	55	1.48
May 23	73	51	0.00
May 24	75	52	0.00
May 25	66	56	0.04
May 26	80	59	0.57
May 27	72	58	0.53
May 28	71	54	0.46
May 29	73	58	0.00
May 30	76	61	0.16
May 31	78	57	0.00

June 1960 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	53	0.06
June 2	81	56	0.00
June 3	84	59	0.00
June 4	89	61	0.00
June 5	87	64	0.00
June 6	72	53	0.00
June 7	71	49	0.00
June 8	77	53	0.00
June 9	77	53	0.00
June 10	81	51	0.02
June 11	89	57	0.00
June 12	80	67	0.32
June 13	84	65	0.64
June 14	78	64	0.10
June 15	78	60	0.03
June 16	86	62	0.00
June 17	74	58	0.08
June 18	73	57	0.00
June 19	83	55	0.00
June 20	78	59	0.00
June 21	74	62	0.00
June 22	84	64	0.71
June 23	79	66	0.00
June 24	79	62	0.17
June 25	78	52	0.00
June 26	81	48	0.00
June 27	87	54	0.00
June 28	84	65	0.24
June 29	86	68	0.00
June 30	82	66	0.10

July 1960 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	64	0.83
July 2	83	57	0.00
July 3	84	64	0.40
July 4	76	53	0.00
July 5	79	53	0.00
July 6	80	54	0.00
July 7	80	57	0.00
July 8	83	56	0.00
July 9	85	56	0.00
July 10	73	66	0.18
July 11	84	64	0.00
July 12	87	59	0.00
July 13	80	66	1.61
July 14	71	57	0.03
July 15	78	52	0.00
July 16	80	53	0.00
July 17	84	57	0.00
July 18	84	62	0.33
July 19	86	63	0.00
July 20	81	60	0.00
July 21	81	52	0.00
July 22	88	57	0.00
July 23	90	68	0.06
July 24	88	67	0.00
July 25	90	63	0.00
July 26	92	68	1.01
July 27	87	65	0.00
July 28	88	66	0.00
July 29	89	61	0.00
July 30	91	65	0.09
July 31	80	61	0.00

August 1960 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	52	0.00
August 2	91	61	0.00
August 3	89	74	0.00
August 4	87	69	0.69
August 5	84	68	0.00
August 6	82	67	0.00
August 7	89	66	0.13
August 8	88	72	0.00
August 9	87	64	0.01
August 10	80	63	0.29
August 11	78	60	0.00
August 12	80	56	0.00
August 13	82	56	0.00
August 14	86	65	0.10
August 15	80	65	0.12
August 16	83	59	0.00
August 17	88	62	0.00
August 18	88	66	0.00
August 19	87	63	0.00
August 20	84	67	0.09
August 21	80	65	1.02
August 22	83	65	0.00
August 23	85	60	0.00
August 24	82	64	0.00
August 25	84	59	0.00
August 26	87	62	0.00
August 27	90	66	0.00
August 28	90	66	0.00
August 29	91	74	0.00
August 30	90	71	0.03
August 31	88	66	0.00

September 1960 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	93	61	0.00
September 2	89	66	0.00
September 3	84	55	0.00
September 4	93	59	0.00
September 5	88	66	0.00
September 6	87	57	0.00
September 7	91	61	0.00
September 8	93	67	0.00
September 9	88	66	0.00
September 10	71	56	0.06
September 11	73	56	0.12
September 12	77	51	0.01
September 13	66	49	0.00
September 14	75	40	0.00
September 15	75	52	0.00
September 16	84	60	0.00
September 17	69	61	0.13
September 18	76	59	0.00
September 19	72	55	0.10
September 20	68	55	0.00
September 21	77	52	0.00
September 22	83	51	0.00
September 23	88	61	0.00
September 24	85	60	0.00
September 25	84	56	0.00
September 26	82	52	0.00
September 27	82	54	0.41
September 28	71	58	0.00
September 29	77	53	0.00
September 30	61	44	0.00

October 1960 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	40	0.00
October 2	78	49	0.90
October 3	63	43	0.00
October 4	69	45	0.00
October 5	78	41	0.10
October 6	74	48	0.00
October 7	71	43	0.00
October 8	69	47	0.00
October 9	68	53	0.72
October 10	77	41	0.00
October 11	80	44	0.00
October 12	80	50	0.00
October 13	82	53	0.00
October 14	79	50	0.00
October 15	80	51	0.05
October 16	68	49	0.00
October 17	71	40	0.00
October 18	67	42	0.00
October 19	58	47	0.29
October 20	50	35	0.00
October 21	53	27	0.00
October 22	61	35	0.00
October 23	64	49	0.00
October 24	49	27	0.00
October 25	52	23	0.00
October 26	54	35	0.04
October 27	59	49	0.00
October 28	59	47	0.00
October 29	64	44	0.00
October 30	68	46	0.00
October 31	59	48	0.45

November 1960 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	56	46	0.00	0.0
November 2	57	38	0.00	0.0
November 3	52	39	0.00	0.0
November 4	56	42	0.00	0.0
November 5	47	38	0.21	0.0
November 6	41	32	0.21	0.0
November 7	41	29	0.00	0.0
November 8	53	28	0.05	0.0
November 9	51	38	0.62	0.0
November 10	38	32	0.01	0.0
November 11	43	23	0.00	0.0
November 12	51	23	0.00	0.0
November 13	62	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	66	48	0.00	0.0
November 15	71	54	0.03	0.0
November 16	67	45	0.05	0.0
November 17	54	33	0.00	0.0
November 18	58	29	0.00	0.0
November 19	43	30	0.00	0.0
November 20	53	30	0.00	0.0
November 21	59	29	0.00	0.0
November 22	63	34	0.29	0.0
November 23	53	27	0.01	0.0
November 24	55	24	0.00	0.0
November 25	53	34	0.00	0.0
November 26	62	36	0.00	0.0
November 27	62	47	0.00	0.0
November 28	66	56	0.08	0.0
November 29	60	24	0.04	0.8
November 30	30	22	0.00	0.0

December 1960 Columbus Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 2	39	15	0.00	0.0
December 3	50	24	0.00	0.0
December 4	57	32	0.00	0.0
December 5	64	37	0.00	0.0
December 6	53	39	0.20	0.0
December 7	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 8	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 9	29	8	0.00	0.0
December 10	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 11	31	24	0.32	4.6
December 12	27	4	0.00	0.0
December 13	14	-7	0.00	0.0
December 14	33	14	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	23	0.01	0.0
December 16	35	14	0.00	0.0
December 17	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 18	34	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	32	13	0.01	0.1
December 20	30	18	0.58	6.5
December 21	25	1	0.16	2.2
December 22	12	-6	0.00	0.0
December 23	11	-1	0.00	0.0
December 24	33	11	0.04	0.7
December 25	41	21	0.00	0.0
December 26	42	31	0.01	0.0
December 27	31	12	0.00	0.0
December 28	28	8	0.00	0.0
December 29	32	21	0.05	0.6
December 30	34	21	0.00	0.0
December 31	37	10	0.24	2.6

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Colombus International Airport	location
1893–1947	Ohio State University	location